Handle



Aug. 5, 1930. w, R, .AMQND 1,772,096

HANDLE Filed Oct. 17, 1929 v ...X7-zwem 35 Referring le ille flrewingville handle com" is rigid and unyielding, and the telescoped 55 PatentedAug. 5, 1930 l UNlTED STATS WILLARD n. DIAMOND, or CHICAGO, rumors l fHANDLE l Application led October 17, 1929. Serial No. 400,181.

This invention relates to handles, and par- At its outer end and beyondthe end of the ticularly to handles for mops, brushes and part 11, thesleeve 15 is provided'with diaother cleaning implements. metricallyopposite similar longitudinal slots One of the objects of the inventionis to 17 which approach closely the free end of provide an improvedhandle comprising two said sleeve. A pin 18 is carried by the sleeve 55parts which are normally retained rigid in 13 near its outer end andprojects through aligned relation and which can readily be the slots17'. Said pin 18 may suitably be brought into angular relation so as tofacilibarred or .otherwise previded with heads 19 tate cleaningoperations under furniture and to prevent the sleeve 18 and 15 fromseparatl0 other locations which are relatively diiiicult ing. The pin 18has a tree iit in the slots 17 60 of access. l so that relative movementtherebetween can Other objects, advantages and capabilities readily beeffeetel will later more fully appear. rlfhe free end of the sleeve iscut away at invention further resides in the combi- 20 between the Slots177 as Shown in Figs, 2

i5 nation, construction and arrangements 0f and 3` Se es te enable ellepart 11 te be moved 65 parts illustrated in the accompanying drawinteangular relation with the part loafter ing, and while I have shownherein a presaid parts have been brought into retracted ierieiembodiment l Wieli ille Same i0 be iinrelation and the pin 18 has beenmoved therederstood as illustrative only and not limiting by t0 tbeOuter endg 0f the Slots 17 Ae Shown 20 the scope of my invention. inFig. 3. the cut away 20 is formed so that 70 In the drawing, saidangular movement is limited by Contact Figure 1 is a diagrammatic viewshowing between the Sleeves 13 and 15 the improved handle applied to amop, A tension Spring 21 is provided longi- Fig- 2 iS ali enlarged ViewShowing iii eletudinallv of the handle and along the side 25 vation, theconnections between the adjacent thereof in Whieh'the eut away 2O isprovdei 75 parte 0i ille liiiiiflle, Seid Perte being iii rigid Saidtension spring 21 may suitably be coneilfi aligned relation, nected toeyes 22 which are stamped up from Fil 3 i5 ii Similar View Showing illerelation the remote endsof the sleeves 18 and 15. It of ille ConnectionsWiieri ille Peris el lille will be readily understood from Fig. 2 thathandle are in broken or angular relation, the Spring 21 normally drawsthe parts 10 80 Fi- 4 iS il iI'lIlSVGlSG SeCtiOIl Oil ille lille i and11 together and maintains the sleeves 18 0i 2 and and 15 in telescopedrelation with the pin 18 Fifi 5 le e Similar Section Showing a modi' atthe inner ends of the slots 17. In this poed form of theinventionsition, the conec'tion between parts 10 and 11 Prises 'twoparte 10 end n' The part. lo is sleeves can not be retracted except by adelibattached to a' Cleaning head 12 Winch 1S- erate pull upon one'partwhile holding the shown, by way of example, as a mop heal o; @they Partolf the handle.

40 airainraerarearitr...sy when 11 er 9. be attached thereto in anysuitable manner, alive to the leert l0 lliehpiii i8 engagesf e forexample` bv means of the rivets M A outer ends or the slots 1i andprevents uj similar sleeve 15 is mounted on the adjacent tlieriiiOVeiiieiii- Tile lieiielle ioiey IEW e end of the part 11 and issuitably attached blOlGIl bylnovlne: the part 11 a out e pin thereto bymeans ot rivets 16. The sleeve 15 18 as an axis. Such angular movementiS 95 is larger in diameter than the sleeve 13 so aided by the spring 21and 1s finally termithat it can receive the outer end of said sleevenated b v the Contact of the cut away portion 18 in telescoped relation,as shown in Fig. 2, of the sleeve 15 with the outside of the sleeve andprovide a rigid connection between the 13. The appearance ot the handleisnow 1lparts 10 and 11. lustrated in full lines 1n Fig. 1, and 1t 1saplos parent that the implement mounted upon said handle can be readilyused in locations which would otherwise be inaccessible or accessibleonly with diihculty.

It will be readily understood that my invention is capable of manymodifications and changes Within the scope of the appended claims..Thus, it is obvious that the slots 17 may be formed in the inner sleeve13 and that the pin 18 may be mounted in the sleeve 15.

Furthermore, l may omit the sleeve 13 and bring the end of the part 11into tele scoped relation with the sleeve 15, as shown in Fig. 5. Inthis modification, the pin 18 is replaced by screw nails 18 which aredriven through the slots 17 into the part 10. In: this-modification, oneend of the spring 21 is4 attached to the part 10 by means of a screwnail 2S, or by other suitable means.

Iclaim:

1. A handle: of the character described, comprisingtwov parts intelescoped relation, one of said parts being slotted longitudinally, apinmounted on the other part extending into( said slot and resilient.means tending to hold said parts in telescoped relation.

2. A handle oi the character described comprising two parts intelescoped relation, one of said parts being slotted longitudinally, apin mounted on the other part extending i-nto said slot, the end of theouter telescoped portion being configured to limit angular movement whensaid telescoped parts are in retracted? relation, and resilient meansatta'ched tosaid parts tending to maintain said parts in telescopedrelation and tending to hold said parts in sai-dl kangular relation whenthe parts are retracted.

3. A handle kof thel character described, comprising two parts, theadjacent ends of which are telescoped, one of said ends being slottedlongitudinally, the other end being provided with a pin locatedv in saidslot, angular movement between said parts being prevented bythetelescoped relation, the outer telescoped portion being cut away topermit a relative angular movement between sai-d parts when they areretracted and a spring attached to said parts adapted to maintain samein angular relationship.

4. A handle of the character described, comprising two parts, one ofsaid parts carrying a sleeve adapted to receive the end of the otherpart in telescoped relation, said telescoped members being provided witha slot and pin connection, the outer end of said sleeve being cut awayto permit angular Inovement between said parts when they are sepa-Vrated within the limits of the slot and pin connection, and a springconnected to said parts in alignment with said cut away portion totendto maintain said telescoped and said angular relations.

5. handle of the character described, comprising two parts, sleevesmounted on adjacent ends of said parts, and adapted to be telescoped toprovide a rigid connection between said parts, a pin carried by onesleeve extending through slots in the other sleeve, the outer sleevebeing cut away to permit relative rotation of the parts about said pinwhen said parts are separated within the limits of the pin and slotconnection, said angular movement being limited by engagement betweenlthe cut away portion of the outer sleeve and` the inner sleeve, and aspring connected to said sleeves so as to tend to` maintain said partsin telescoped relation Y outer sleeve being cut away'betweensaid slotsvto permit relative rotation oi the, parts about said pin when said partsare/relatively retracted, said angular movementheing limited byengagement betweenthe out awayV portion.

of the outer. sleeve. and they inner sleeve, and a1, spring tonnected tosaid sleeves.` so as to tend toy maintain said parts in telescopedrelation when they are in alignmentA and in limited angular relationwhen. they are relatively deflected.v

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this 11th day otOctober, 1929.

VILLARD. R. DIAMOND.

